I like this show, not for buying, but for all the inexpensive tips for how I could keep my home up-to-date, uncluttered and comfortable at low cost. Really just painting can do such an amazing job.
@anastasia100173 жыл бұрын
I dont know about you, but I dont buy a house based on the furniture. I'm more worried about the condition, the space, the neighborhood etc...
@fannycraddock993 жыл бұрын
I completely agree but some people, like an ex of mine, can't see beyond what's there in spite of me saying that the furniture will not be staying!
@holiday-td6hx3 жыл бұрын
You'd be surprised by the comments we got about the furniture and the damn drapes in the living room. I changed the drapes and the house sold the next week.
@anastasia100173 жыл бұрын
@@holiday-td6hx yeah because the state of the $50 curtains is more important than the state of the plumbing.
@RachelLWolfe3 жыл бұрын
@@anastasia10017 exactly. People can be so petty. Curtains are easy to take down, and probably aren't staying with the house anyway. Common sense isn't so common these days.
@teddie5523 жыл бұрын
When my husband and I were looking for a house he had a really hard time imagining what we could do with spaces. He had no ability to imagine new decoration, a different kitchen, knocking down a wall. I think a lot of people are like him. Changing the furniture to make the best of the room just makes it easier for people to see the potential.
@ccaro40033 жыл бұрын
So glad this show evolved to not be about the realtors. That was all fast forward worthy.
@mandysimmons27693 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing. No offence to the guy.
@ritaranee47873 жыл бұрын
I did
@clemdane3 жыл бұрын
I'm used to the Canadian version where they don't have him at all - it's all Sofie. Wondering why when they reproduced the format in the UK they decided Sofie needed a sidekick...
@samanthasunshine19253 жыл бұрын
Yeah not a fan at all. Sofie was awesome on her own.🙄 I love thre Canadian version soo much more.
@SexMusicPlants3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@madonnawayne41303 жыл бұрын
I never looked at the houses I was going to buy with such a discerning. Decor, paint colors, furniture, out of date trends, meant nothing to my decisions to dislick a house. I was concerned with type if heating system, structure of outside, foundation, low taxes, amount of space, I knew I would put in my own decor, furniture, colors etc. Puzzled by buyers who judge the owners tadte.
@whyme79963 жыл бұрын
and the neighborhood, employment, etc. But, as one poster already said..this show was during the Big Global Crisis of 2007-2008. And maybe that was the real reason it wasn't getting offers and not the petty stuff that the new owners will all change anyway.
@cocokai96613 жыл бұрын
It's bizarre to me as well. They do this on every HGTV show too.
@loloalbasha2333 жыл бұрын
That what i thought when i bought my home . It was dated , wallpaper in every room and dog smilled green carpet.. but it got great location and potential to extended. Since we live we made it beautifully modern home . Yet i listed my home in January last year (before covid ) and i had more than 30 fewers yet no sale and we accepted the only offer we've got but they turn us drown . .. the point is when the market is critical buyer will be more critical and since there is more available in the market its all a bout you luck .
@amala60913 жыл бұрын
Same thinking , when I bought a house never thought of paint colour or the furniture , was keen on location , layout ,foundation , furnace like that , this looks weird!
@debk61613 жыл бұрын
Yes, but some houses need so much work they make you feel tired as you walk through, thinking how much more you’ll have to do after going through the exhausting effort of moving. At least with a clean house den up in neutral decor you feel as if you won’t have to make changes right away. If I have a choice between a nice looking home I can move into right away and one that’s going to require months of work or, worse, lots of repairs, I’ll take the nice place I can relax in right away. I daresay the sellers of these featured homes feel the same when they are out house hunting themselves.
@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars3 жыл бұрын
Ooh finally a British estate agent who was open and not evasive about the issues! Loved her bedroom makeover too. Bedroom of a 14 year old to grown up lawyer 😍
@BedeSisters3 жыл бұрын
Lovely updates! But that was 12-13 years ago- I’m dying to know if the seller got a good price. Did she move to Australia? Get married? How’s her mom?
@maryjones29923 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Kevin-sm8pn3 жыл бұрын
Adele killed them all and now the house is a brothel. God.
@yesiownfrodo Жыл бұрын
selling your assets for a man is always a bad idea. a lovely redo, though! 1. add flowers outside - potted flowers, perhaps flower boxes, a house number would be nice, paint the front door, there was nothing to pull you in. 2. curtains need to be replaced (and of course, that carpet). Add some flowers inside. Note that a lot of what they said was a 70's time warp, like that paper lantern, they added that same thing to that lovely old home they redid. Make up your mind. 3. fresh paint also covers up smell, and replacing a carpet also helps. 4. That kitchen was LOVELY. One of the best I've seen on this show, and very clean.
@amandawilliams22663 жыл бұрын
At least her house is very clean ,some of these people try to sell with the house looking like a dirty thrift shop
@discodivakym12 жыл бұрын
I wish Sophie would stop saying that houses are stuck in the 70s. Nobody decorated their homes like that in the '70s.( I think she means 90s) It makes me stamp my feet every time she says it.
@gra-emed36177 ай бұрын
That dining room set looks proper 90s horrible dark wood look. But not how young people decorated, more how elderly people decorated in the 90s. Anyone under 50 who decorated like that in the 90s had terrible taste 😂
@miacat17276 ай бұрын
The Sophie lady is too full of herself & superficial.
@pi18103 жыл бұрын
The most important feature of a house is quiet.
@agood13 жыл бұрын
seriously. squeaky floors, loud plumbing, thin walls, traffic and train noise, single pane windows (weather noise.) all terrible mostly unfixable irritants
@muskndusk3 жыл бұрын
And nice, quiet neighbours. This is why my next house will be detached.
@pinschrunner3 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@lazygardens Жыл бұрын
at 14:53 ... what professional painter dabs around the outlets instead of removing the covers? Where do they hire their crews?
@fraiser33303 жыл бұрын
They should paint the closet doors white !
@holiday-td6hx3 жыл бұрын
The uneven framed prints in the living drove me nuts looking at them!
@vicstick753 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@barbarahaines76613 жыл бұрын
How many bowls of fruit will it take?
@1013pka3 жыл бұрын
Did anyone notice the painter in the bedroom was painting around the outlet cover instead of removing it? 🙄
@inesolujic25343 жыл бұрын
I just started watching these episodes yesterday because KZbin recommended them to me and I noticed they do shoddy work like that on every episode! Paint over hinges, don't remove outlet covers, don't sand things, etc
@terriz77913 жыл бұрын
I saw that too!!
@amandawilliams22663 жыл бұрын
Nice ,you know it's so hard to take those off🤣and make the paint job look decent!
@muskndusk3 жыл бұрын
@@living2day617 Or you can mask the outlet covers with masking tape.
@debk61613 жыл бұрын
That is typical for this show. In addition, Sophie makes a show of painting but uses a brush instead of a roller and wears her finest clothes while doing it. Please.
@margaretalbert692 жыл бұрын
I do home staging but most people want to make sure of updated mechanics, water pressure, etc..the basics...and what the heck, when I bought my house I almost gagged at the rugs, found gorgeous hardwood underneath, I tore down all the curtains new paint etc. And loved to put in a few small gardens. And the heating and mechanics were in great condition...
@Fair-to-Middling3 жыл бұрын
I've watched a ton of these now, and have not seen one bathroom makeover. I guess that would take too much money and time?
@vaderladyl3 жыл бұрын
They had done some bathrooms but still in rare occasions.
@candy114013 жыл бұрын
I have seen some bathrooms being transformed on this show
@stealthwarrior57688 ай бұрын
Exactly
@Miaow6103 жыл бұрын
After watching a few of these I can no longer STAND the bits of wallpaper in frames as "art".
@laurathurston47573 жыл бұрын
Still need to do something about the blah front yard appearance. Plant something!
@tastx31423 жыл бұрын
Since the owner is planning on moving out of the country, she needed to access what she was actually going to take with her and get rid of the rest. It is expensive to ship belongings especially if you are just going to toss items when you get there.
@0323195813 жыл бұрын
New carpet over old padding? BIG TURN OFF! If I bought that house and saw that...guess who would be redoing the carpet!
@getlauriekor3 жыл бұрын
You ? Lol. Not them.
@agood13 жыл бұрын
@@getlauriekor exactly they just wanna trick someone into think9ng it is move in ready, but actually they will still have to redo everything once they buy
@smallfootprint29613 жыл бұрын
I saw that on another of these makeovers... must be done in their country.
@lesliespiers84073 жыл бұрын
a shadow box over the radiators @ the dining room would look great & give a little buffet counter top, for serving guest, in the kitchen some cool industrial lighten would look brilliant. some evergreens & flowers outside in the front, would give some great curb appeal.
@katepriesnitz85133 жыл бұрын
70s? How young Sophie is! This house is stuck in the 80s!
@debbiew.77163 жыл бұрын
We live in a whole new world. This is an old show, but it was cutting edge. In today's market, (plus a little thanks to programs like this,) you MUST stage your place to sell at value. My daughter did that with a bit of paint and some borrowed pieces. She got $7,000.00 over asking price.
@jinde752 жыл бұрын
Depends on the country think. . I viewed lots of places. Most were completely empty, seldom people lived in the place. It was never staged. The most important things are rhe overall state of the building, with multiple owners if they get along, how the place is heated, doea it have gas etc. And of course I always study the drawing of the apartment or house with the exact measurements. I live in Germany.
@yesiownfrodo Жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree! This house that I bought was not staged, and I got it for a STEAL. Not kidding. I paid 20K less than the staged one that I saw with a similar layout, etc. Staging brings people in and increases the price. If this one had had paint and a new kitchen floor it would have cost $20K more.
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley3 жыл бұрын
...So people were put off by her furniture?! Furniture that, yeah, was boring, but was clean and wouldnteven be there once the new people moved in! You could still envision your stuff there! Yikes, people are way too finicky. Also, the back yard not having anything of note leaves it open for whatever the new buyer wants. A regular backyard for the kids or a dog, or to dress it up as an actual garden. People in this show are often told to stop injecting their personality into the decor when time to sell, and yet now she's catching shit for having done exactly that. You can't frickin' win.
@stealthwarrior57688 ай бұрын
I.k.r? Truth is the buyers furniture is probably even more boring 😂
@minikorsi3 жыл бұрын
This was so much fun to watch! I remember buying our first house in 2008 when this was shot. Trip down the memory lane.
@angelafrith26673 жыл бұрын
This show is well out of date. Their idea of updating is old fashioned now!
@naowright93083 жыл бұрын
It is so out of date that the "dated" look is almost the new fad!😂
@margaretsmith27923 жыл бұрын
Ok, so here we are in 2021...what would be in fashion now?
@DeshaunD3 жыл бұрын
If there was a time to use sofa slipcovers
@bialistock89463 жыл бұрын
Guessing it wasn't the furniture that stopped sales, but maybe the global financial crisis. But you know, maybe it was the carpet.
@jarcha42003 жыл бұрын
This program is from over 10 years ago. It’s a TV show, relax.
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley3 жыл бұрын
@@jarcha4200 That's what they were referring to. The Recession of 2007-2009 would've been felt globally and that could effect the house selling, but the show never says that, as though putting the blame solely on the owner and not admitting that sometimes, it's just not a good time in the world to buy/sell a home.
@beckishelton71553 жыл бұрын
Yes. That’s when it was bad in USA too
@america14033 жыл бұрын
@Bialistock Hopefully we will fully move into Nesara/Geasa. The global reset where everyone will share some of the trillions and trillions worth of gold that the vatcian and london bankers, royal family and cabal has stolen from us for over a century now. They are a group of satanic, evil, pedophilie, adrenochrome harvesting monsters
@merchant483 жыл бұрын
@@america1403 Qanon alert
@virginiamoss70453 жыл бұрын
I never heard of engaging two agents at the same time. That seems counter productive and, well, awkward.
@MajorMel3 жыл бұрын
I agree, that was a weird- and they made it sound like it was a relatively common thing to do there? I wonder what the benefit of that could possibly be?
@stealthwarrior57688 ай бұрын
Really? In Australia we make them all work in competition. It's called an open listing. Works fine for us.
@RachelSWhite3 жыл бұрын
It really does look like a retirement home before. I wouldn't say it looks "lived in" with that new living room but it's definitely better than the Shady Pines or Flushing Rivers old folks home.
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley3 жыл бұрын
I understand the carpet change and the paintjob, but the furniture isn't staying. Envision your own stuff there instead of focusing on their stuff. It wasn't a lot of her things either, unlike 95% of the homes shown here, so seeing around the furnitire was easy.
@marciacahoon25452 жыл бұрын
I really like the improvements they made to brighten the house & make it pop. I think that it would have been better to make the outdoor sitting area closer to the house, like an patio just outside the back door, instead of way in the back corner by the shed.
@shqa5742 жыл бұрын
Who wants to trudge through the grass, to sit on the patio, or do a BBQ? They should have built the patio outside the glass doors, enough for chair and tables and a BBQ unit.
@molliemae6855 Жыл бұрын
I believe the patio was already there just covered with grass.
@choochoo9506Ай бұрын
Maria is so cute! She and Sophie seemed like they genuinely got along. Hope she's well.
@cl4re4d4ms3 жыл бұрын
Bit strange that the owner said "woo hoo" when Sophie said the room looked like it belonged to a 14 year old.
@vaderladyl3 жыл бұрын
She took it as being told she appears to be even younger as a compliment.
@judyfenske14293 жыл бұрын
2008, ideas were different than now. Yet, I agree that taxes, working Furnace, closets, storage (rooms) places, wall condition, no popcorn ceilings, are more important than furniture placement. Decluttering and cleaning come next. I want my own messes.
@kaseythomas96463 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they replace that ugly paper lamp in the entry way?😨 And the bedroom closet doors should have been painted white.
@eleanoreagly48443 жыл бұрын
The exterior lacked curb appeal. The prospective buyers never take a look at age of furnace, hot water heater, air conditioning, condition of roof and age. Plumbing condition is also important. When house shopping the color of carpet is not relevant as I would have it replaced with hardwood.
@theresekatie48412 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's weird. With the huge price drop I'd have just renovated it, floorboards, paint job, new fittings, garden, done.
@stealthwarrior57688 ай бұрын
I don't think the Eglish have air conditioners in their homes. It always seems cold
@jgsmile13313 жыл бұрын
New carpet but not new padding?? Not good.
@saulgoodman20183 жыл бұрын
Well look how little was spent on it.
@agood13 жыл бұрын
exactly they cover up problems to sell, not actually fix thrm correctly. so the buyers are unaware of thr problems they will have with the house.
@terriz77913 жыл бұрын
I thought that too!!
@kathylee44853 жыл бұрын
Again a house that didn’t sell as far as the viewer knows. Without a sale how do we know the fix up worked?
@dinahsoar69823 жыл бұрын
What always blows my mind is that the buyers can't see past the stuff...they're buying the house, not the decor, etc...a good agent can point that out to them, help them see past the current residents.
@CAnn-rt5gu3 жыл бұрын
I'd fire those realtors. They couldnt give her that advice MONTHS ago, so that she wouldnt have had to drop her property price so much. That's incompetence to me. They should lnow what it takes to sell a home and give some advice to move tbe property. Sorry.
@angelabacker11773 жыл бұрын
I don't see much improvement except in the bedroom. The house did need new carpet and painting but the styling was awful.
@tracywood49493 жыл бұрын
Randomly placed objects and half filled, oversized bowls of fruit. Cheap flowers stuffed in too large a vase.
@lizzielonglegs19803 жыл бұрын
The apples even looked awful lol
@teddie5523 жыл бұрын
21:29 those pictures on the wall aren't level with each other, that would drive me nuts
@miriam42353 жыл бұрын
"And see how you solve a problem like Maria's" I love the abundance of puns in this episode.
@RachelLWolfe3 жыл бұрын
I don't care for the brown carpet in the house, or the color of the walls in the master bedroom, but everything else is just her things that won't be in the house when she moves out. Do people have no imagination? I would have bought the house, as long as it passed inspections for any possible structural damage, etc. I have seen far worse homes.
@getlauriekor3 жыл бұрын
People buy a house because of how it makes them feel.
@RachelLWolfe3 жыл бұрын
@@getlauriekor sure... but when you're talking about minor cosmetic fixes like painting walls and removing carpet, people need to be reasonable and use their imagination. When I sell my home, I'm not painting or replacing my furniture. The potential buyers have to understand that I still have to live there, and that my furniture isn't staying. I've never not purchased a house because I didn't like the color the walls were painted, or because I didn't like the owners decorating style. Their decor and furniture are leaving when they move. I have no problem painting walls, and actually prefer to do so, so that they are the color I want. As long as there is nothing major to be done, and there are no structural issues, plumbing issues, etc., and as long as the house has what I'm looking for, and is within my budget, I'm not going to cry over how dated their decor is. That's just me. I bought a house that had pepto-bismol-pink walls once. Guess what? I painted them. I hated their decor, but it wasn't staying. Once gone the house was a blank canvas. No big deal, because outside of that the house was what I needed and wanted.
@whyme79963 жыл бұрын
and new flooring/wall color are usually done with new owners.
@ronclark97243 жыл бұрын
@@whyme7996 First time buyers want to move into a turn key house. They usually max out their credit to buy a house when they are below 30, and thus do not have the resources to put their touch on a house they will do ten years later... Of course second and third time buyers will quickly put their touch to a house...
@fannycraddock993 жыл бұрын
Not really a great make-over. Blue in the bedroom is too cold. Rest of the house still looks bland and dated. Sofie is not nearly as savvy or talented as her sister Kirstie.
@mapleleaf03 жыл бұрын
I agree this was not a great make-over at all. New light in the kitchen was weirdly unimpressive. Zooming in and out of it like it was a show-stopper made me giggle. Too many nick-knacks on the unnecessary double coffee tables (one of which reappears in some of the dining room shots). For some reason they never showed us the whole backyard made over, just the patio corner. I didn't expect lush landscaping, but why just show the corner? I feel like they tried to make a whole show out of a relatively very small amount of change.
@rsnide18913 жыл бұрын
It looks to me like a teenager tried to make what they think a grownup house is....
@CODE144643 жыл бұрын
Bruh they only had a budget of 500 where they meant to get the sofa from your head?!
@RachelLWolfe3 жыл бұрын
@@mapleleaf0 I wasn't terribly impressed either. The back yard "makeover" was absolutely underwhelming. They removed a tiny patch of grass, and threw a table and some chairs in the corner. I was thinking they could have removed more grass in that area, and perhaps even removed more between the garage and the back door, to create a paved path between the two. Some simple potted plants could have spruced the area up. Not their best makeover at all. Underwhelmed. The living room didn't look lived in. It looked like a museum.
@juliebrooke60993 жыл бұрын
Of course it looks dated- this was filmed in 2008.
@Bobrogers993 жыл бұрын
I bristle at the word "dated", implying that everything from past decades is bad. Tired and worn is bad, and some things (like the fluorescent lights in the kitchen and maybe that brown carpet) were unattractive a week after they were installed, but some older styles are timeless. A good realtor will try to downplay boring decor and furnishings, since they will all be gone when the owner moves, and will point out the real assets.
@tsgrandma98373 жыл бұрын
At least the brown carpet give it some color. The grey carpet blended into the walls to much and made the rooms even blander than they were before. Personally, I like little imperfections and the crafty look on and in the homes. There's just way too many cookie cutter houses out there now. My husband & I have been looking at different houses and homes for weeks now. We have honestly been more impressed by 10 year old mobile homes than stick built houses. Just about every house we have seen have all had white walls, white cabinets, white everywhere. There's not anything all at that stands out. Even the flooring is so light that they look more white than anything. Simply boring. I don't want to have to paint, strip cabinets and then varnish them, redo flooring and more plus pay top dollar for a boring house.
@vaderladyl3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree.
@vaderladyl3 жыл бұрын
@@tsgrandma9837 So true.
@m.r.62223 жыл бұрын
This is really one of the prettiest makeovers she's done.
@bensmithson17733 жыл бұрын
What 26 year old has their name on their bedroom door?? I'm not sure she's ready to pack up her whole life and move it to the other side of the world!
@jgsmile13313 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to know of it sold when and for how mich.
@gloriakoch47643 жыл бұрын
Is she going together able to take all that stuff with her to Australia? Or is she going to sell it furnished?
@janbaldwin11894 ай бұрын
23:24 Overgrown garden???? She has no idea what overgrown is!!!! There's absolutely nothing there, it's barren. That's what is wrong with the back yard. Didn't improve the back yard by much.
@shqa5742 жыл бұрын
Nice reno! I am surprised that Sophie changed the carpet in this episode, when she did not change the smoky carpet in the other episode. The carpet looks like low-end Berber. The new outdoor patio is too far from the house. Who is trudging through grass to sit on the patio, or do a BBQ? They should have built the patio along the width of the house, outside the back door. The living room layout is awkward with the large chairs. You would walk into the chair or coffee table, going to and from the dining room. Too many cushions on the sofa and side chairs and bedroom! When someone wants to sit or lie down, the cushions are thrown on the ground.
@susantescione80073 жыл бұрын
Maria's bedroom looks gorgeous.
@BENNYYKWAI5 ай бұрын
Why would people judge whether the house is saleable or not good by its furniture and setting ? Staging is a disguise, furniture on display are not included.
@Jane57203 жыл бұрын
Sorry but this is really done poorly
@mapleleaf03 жыл бұрын
This was so bad it almost seemed like a spoof of the show.
@vickylewis43203 жыл бұрын
The bedroom was ok. I don't know what they were thinking downstairs though!!
@rayselby34872 жыл бұрын
Sue here: I would never buy a house based on a bottle of wine and 2 glasses, lol!!! Unsellables did a perfect job staging the 🏠.
@janonthemtn3 жыл бұрын
Fix it up and raise the price back up.
@madonnawayne41303 жыл бұрын
2008 was a time of panic in stock market and turn down in real estate. That's why it wasn't selling. True dat.
@judithcatlett85183 жыл бұрын
Is this the show’s new format? Shaking my head. Its awful. Why not tell her to paint the walls, because other than the carpet replacement and placing her things in the garage, it still looks the same with no personality. She could have saved more money.
@larsedik Жыл бұрын
@21:41 (and 23:30, 25:35) The pillow on the right has been put on the sofa backwards, exposing the closure stitching, and it is NOT blind-stitching. This pillow needs to be flipped. I put zippers in the pillow covers that I make and always make sure that the zippers are on the bottom when placing the pillows. Based on the prices of other houses in her neighborhood, her price was still probably too high, even though it seems very low to me.
@teacherverina3 жыл бұрын
What is it with floral prints in every room and every house? You can't seriously expect anyone to think florals 1) aren't dated and 2) are attractive to most buyers.
@carolynmarie55853 жыл бұрын
The carpet padding was not replaced. These pads are filthy. Yuck.
@happydays13363 жыл бұрын
There are too many objects on all of the tables. They look mismatched and thrown together.
@mapleleaf03 жыл бұрын
Agreed. In fact I don't understand the two coffee tables in the sitting room (one against the wall), and then one of them reappearing in the dining room for some of the shots. All the little nick-knacks didn't add to the look. Fewer, larger objects would have photographed much better.
@kathykov13 жыл бұрын
Who puts out platters of fruit in the living room (2) and dining room. It belongs in a bowl in the kitchen.
@mapleleaf03 жыл бұрын
@@kathykov1 Yes! I think the budget was too low. I don't blame the woman whose house it is, but if the producers are creating a show, have enough budget to upgrade from accessorizing the living room from the grocery store.
@lindamclennan86452 жыл бұрын
Amazing transformation- best one yet!
@Cindy-bee3 жыл бұрын
What is the point of this if we don't know if the house did sell?
@jannibal92733 жыл бұрын
Come on! The house was clean, neat and the furniture was fine. If you watched earlier versions of this show, you know that some of the houses the Unsellables crew tackled were dirty overcrowded bordering on hoarder house messes. Change the furniture around, add an area rug, change out curtains, voila - new house. Instead, they did a half-assed job replacing the kitchen ceiling light and didn't properly refinish the ceiling, the painting was sloppy, they put new carpeting on top of rotting dusty old padding that was underneath the 20 plus year old carpeting they'd removed - YUCK!
@shqa5742 жыл бұрын
The carpet looks like the low-end berber.
@bohunkjunk25143 жыл бұрын
Too much shit and furniture in the front room right by the entry way door. Get rid of 2 of those tables and one of the chairs. Why isn't this lady selling stuff if she is ready to move?
@pi18103 жыл бұрын
I think it's best to sell a completely vacant home.
@agood13 жыл бұрын
it is best. unless it comes with the furniture
@a24-453 жыл бұрын
Agents will advise against it. They will tell you that with a vacant property, buyers feel disoriented trying to visualise whether the furniture they have in mind will look right or too cramped, so it creates uncertainty - particularly if the rooms are not big to begin with. An empty space always looks distorted sizewise. It also looks cold and institutional. t Staging halves the sale period compared to vacancy, that is why staging is the norm these days. of course there are always owners who will refuse to stage their home because they think they are saving money.
@pi18103 жыл бұрын
@@a24-45 Interesting!
@ToxicSunrise1323 жыл бұрын
Okay, the carpet looks like felt. Why was that EVER a thing?
@karinwilkinson31053 жыл бұрын
Nope, still looks awful
@melaniebishop60053 жыл бұрын
Although of course I want the house to have good bones and all the major systems to be in good condition there is more to it. I like being able to look at a well styles home and think how pretty it can be. I don't want look around and see dollar sings. New carpet? Ca-ching. Also it should be super clean so I don't have to clean someone else's dirt. I made that mistake with the house I have now. I didn't look well enough and because I have problems walking i had to hire a crew to clean it. It seems like a lot of you don't like these videos yet you keep watching them.
@HeavymetalHylian3 жыл бұрын
I wish we knew how quickly the house sold!
@jaycole21093 жыл бұрын
It seems like Sofie and John didn’t really interact with each other. I’ve enjoyed Sofie on this show so much that I’ve begun watching her sister’s show. Sofie hates patterns and bright colors, yet her sister seems to like all that. I wonder who writes the scripts for Unsellables.
@Jane57203 жыл бұрын
Of course you can expect him to pay for everything you are moving for him
@dorisschneider-coutandin99653 жыл бұрын
Actually - no!
@stealthwarrior57688 ай бұрын
I think she is moving for herself.
@oshepard043 жыл бұрын
Great job! guys...
@ccmarcum7 ай бұрын
The front exterior needed shrubs and landscaping to go with the few puny rose bushes. The table and chairs in the back yard looked pathetic. I keep hoping that the roll of wallpaper that keeps getting framed will eventually get used up.
@onefeather23 жыл бұрын
The outside of the house looks Tired cleaning the brick and a little paint would go a long way. She sure tried to make something wrong with the inside when there wasn't, a little paint and new carpet is all it needed.
@diannadunford80983 жыл бұрын
I love it. I'd buy it if I lived over there, does look like it could use a roof. Looks like a great location
@heyjude11012 жыл бұрын
Nice job, cute little house now.
@trudilouise93683 жыл бұрын
There are only two things that stop a house selling: price and cleanliness.
@biancahotca32443 жыл бұрын
It def. looks nice, but I don't like those reupholstered couches. Still looks somewhat 70ish to me.
@annsmith71968 ай бұрын
It’s interesting multiple agents causes them to work less instead of being more competitive.
@shirleyscott88795 ай бұрын
Why not put in hardwood floors instead of new carpet? Not sure how to make the boring outside more appealing.
@lucygray61623 жыл бұрын
I am hoping the attorney is savvy enough not to upheave and move to Australia over an internet boyfriend. Meanwhile, Sophie drags out those tatty wallpaper "prints" and turquoise pillows that are a bit too familiar. For god's sake, the antique botanical print trend started in the UK, make use of it to add some class! Those bedrooms look like Hobby Lobby makeovers.
@jinde752 жыл бұрын
According to pictures they had met more than once. People do meet online nowadays. Nothing wrong with that. You just have to check if you are not being catfished.
@stealthwarrior57688 ай бұрын
They have been together for a while as per the photo of them together. Moving to Australia is the best thing that can happen to Maria, boyfriend or not.
@elizapopperwell2578Ай бұрын
Just seen this and thought "There's nothing that can be done about that outside feature of - a shared drive".
@margaretalbert692 жыл бұрын
Love the bedroom
@saulgoodman20183 жыл бұрын
SO they said the market was slow back then. And they wanted to know why it wasn't selling?
@rhondapeace39573 жыл бұрын
Still looks a bit drab to me.
@robinguertin5743 жыл бұрын
So surprised they didn't do anything to enliven the kitchen other than that one light. Curb appeal zero for this house, again surprised nothing was done, it looks so dull.
@terriz77913 жыл бұрын
I’m not a fan of this show for the main reason that they never (that I’ve seen) sell the house! Unsellable to sellable. Seems like a good concept for a tv show
@vaderladyl3 жыл бұрын
They do sell, they just don't mention it if the house doesn't sell immediately.
@user-pr5ul9gz3q4 ай бұрын
I often wonder what Sophie and the team charge u for their work
@gray_mara Жыл бұрын
500 pounds for carpet installed in 2 rooms and paint? I'm calling BS on this one. Not unless you have a mate who is a builder and can grab some free carpet from a demolition site and lay the carpet yourself.
@dude9888 ай бұрын
I mean, that episode is 15 years old. I have no idea how much laying carpet in the UK costs, but prices have doubled since then. And they paint around sockets instead of removing them first, makes me guess those aren't professional painters.
@bookmagicroe95533 жыл бұрын
How does one re-carpet two rooms for under $500? This is not possible where I live.
@lisab95412 жыл бұрын
Well, they didn't put down new pad and don't count any labor costs.
@lindaeade65152 жыл бұрын
What about that door that is being blocked in the living room?
@theajohnston7613 жыл бұрын
No curb appeal and the real estate agent is a jerk
@marinashear38183 жыл бұрын
Awful light fixture. But great job carrying through the blue pattern through all the rooms.
@momof2momof23 жыл бұрын
That is one, tired looking,dated house. It took so little to breathe fresh air into it. All of this for only 500 pounds wow!
@karmad44913 жыл бұрын
How much is a pound in USD?
@kellyjeffries89533 жыл бұрын
@@karmad4491 1£ = $1.37 USD
@saulgoodman20183 жыл бұрын
@@kellyjeffries8953 Remember, this is 12 years ago. Back then it was $1.50 is 1 pound. So $750. Even for back then, that was cheap.
@judyfenske14292 жыл бұрын
This is the UK in 2008. Different from 2020/22. Very different. Follow all of the series or just a few of '08. Then find
@judyfenske14292 жыл бұрын
Sorry Find the 20teens of this series and you will see better cleaning and repairs and decor.
@MsRosieA2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got to say, this is one of the most underwhelming transformations I’ve seen. It needed a bigger budget.